From Ancient Greekμόνοἶκος ‎(mónoîkos, “single house”), from μόνος ‎(mónos, “single, alone”) + οἶκος ‎(oîkos, “house”), the name of the 6th century BC colony of Phocaeans and an epithet of Heracles (Hercules), Ἡρακλῆς Μόνοικος(Heracles Monoikos). According to an ancient Greek myth and a Ligurianlegend, Heracles passed through the Monaco area. A temple was constructed there by Phocaeans, the temple of Heracles Monoikos (Strabo, Geography, Gaul, 4.6.3).